Educational Design Research

Name: Educational Design Research
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ISBN: 9780415396349

ISBN-10: 0415396344

ISBN-13: 9780415396349

Edition: 2007

Authors: Koeno Gravemeijer, Susan McKenney, Nienke Nieveen, Jan Van den Akker

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Educational design research is the systematic study of designing, developing and evaluating educational programs, processes and products. It can be an invaluable process, yielding considerable insight into how to optimize educational interventions and better understand teaching and learning. However, the fact that such investigations are typically carried out in naturalistic settings - with all the color and complexity that accompanies real classrooms and schools - presents researchers with significant methodological challenges, and scientific rigor can be difficult to maintain. This book addresses a clear and growing need to better understand and address the challenges faced by educational…

Book details

List price: $215.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/19/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.45" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Susan McKenney is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum Design at the University of Twente, The Netherlands.Thomas Reeves is a Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia, US.Jan Herrington is a Professor of Education at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.



List of illustrations


List of contributors


Acknowledgements



What and why



Introducing educational design research




Toward productive design studies




Examples from the field



Design research from a learning design perspective




Design research from a technology perspective




Design research from a curriculum perspective




Quality



Assessing the quality of design research proposals: some philosophical perspectives




Balancing innovation and risk: assessing design research proposals




Quality criteria for design research: evidence and commitments




Moving ahead



From design research to large-scale impact: engineering research in education




Educational design research: the value of variety



Index